{"id":55900,"date":"2015-03-26T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d6e6edf91b0076a4984571414b675841"},"modified":"2015-06-25T12:37:39","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T12:37:39","slug":"news-story-cde-innovation-network-event-24-june-2015-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=55900","title":{"rendered":"News story: CDE Innovation Network event: 24 June 2015, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Links to presentation slides now added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>It took place in London <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techuk.org\/contact\">at techUK<\/a>, 9:30am to 4pm.<\/p>\n<p>Head of the Centre for Defence Enterprise, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/andy-nicholson\">Andy Nicholson<\/a>, introduced <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> and gave an overview of proof-of-concept research funding opportunities for innovative science and technology providers. <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/MOD_CDE\/24-june-2015-working-with-cde-49827291\">View the presentation slides<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Defence\u2019s Chief Digital Information Officer, Mike Stone, launched a themed competition for fully funded contracts (up to \u00a3250,000 available for phase 1) on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/cde-themed-competition-open-source-big-data-insight\">open-source big data insight<\/a>. <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/MOD_CDE\/24-june-2015-opensource-big-data-insight-49827329\">View the presentation slides<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/cde-themed-competition-webinar-open-source-big-data-insight\">webinar for this competition on Friday 17 July 2015 1pm to 2pm online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, technical experts from <abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr> (the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory) gave an overview of some areas where innovative research ideas are sought for <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr>\u2019s ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/cde-enduring-challenge-competition\">enduring challenge competition<\/a>. Leo Borrett talked about big data science and technology challenges within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/countering-terrorist-networks-programme\">countering terrorist networks programme at <abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr><\/a>. <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/MOD_CDE\/24-june-2015-enduring-challenge-competition-breifings\">View the presentation slides<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Hardie, <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr>\u2019s Technology Manager, also talked about how to create an effective proposal for <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> funding. <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/MOD_CDE\/24-june-2015-creating-effective-cde-proposals\">View the presentation slides<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees were able to pre-book a face-to-face meeting with <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr>, <abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr> and military experts to discuss potential proposals to either the enduring challenge competition or the \u2018open-source big data insight\u2019 themed competitions.<\/p>\n<p>There were opportunities to meet other potential bidders, current <abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr> suppliers, <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr>, <abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr> and military experts.<\/p>\n<p>Presentation slides are now available via the links above.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"about-cde\">About <abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> funds novel, high-risk, high-potential-benefit research. We work with the broadest possible range of science and technology providers, including academia and small companies, to develop cost-effective capabilities for UK armed forces and national security.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"Centre for Defence Enterprise\">CDE<\/abbr> is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory\"><abbr title=\"Defence Science and Technology Laboratory\">Dstl<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_1917\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Centre for Defence Enterprise<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">Building R103<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFermi Avenue<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"locality\">Harwell Oxford<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"region\">Oxfordshire<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">OX11 0QX<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:cde@dstl.gov.uk\">cde@dstl.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Telephone <\/span><br \/>\n              +44 (0)30 67704236\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Alternative number<\/span><br \/>\n              +44 (0)30 67704237\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"comments\">Open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Please email for the quickest response.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) is holding a networking event for science and technology providers in London on 24 June 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55900"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58394,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55900\/revisions\/58394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}